Side-icing refrigerator



C. A. KETTERER.

SIDE ICING REFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG.29, 1918.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921 3 SHEETSSHEET I- 3 SHEETSSHEET 2- Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

C. A. -KETTERER.

SIDE ICING REFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29. 1913.

' 1,369,443. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 CHARLES A. germane, or l sa s r. "LOUIS, rLmiroIs.

sips-"reins REFRIGERATOR.

I Specification of Letters-Patent. V Pat t d F b 22 1921 Application filed a st 29, 1918. Serial No. 251,903.

To all w hom it may concern r Be it known that I, Griz-Jules A. Ixnrrnnnn,

a citizen of theUnite-d States, and resident of East St. Louis, in the county of StVClair and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n S de- Icing Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification, containing; full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the drawnigs, forrnlng a part accompanying thereof; 7 I a My invention relates to improvements n side icing refrigerators and. has for its ohject an ice containerwhich may be slid out of the side of the refrigerator so that ice mav be placed in the same. A further .ob-

jectisto provide a refrigerator of a display or counter type with an ice receptacle which may he slid out from the side, for the purpose of charging it with ice, thereby eliminating the top doors as is in common practice at the present time.

In the drawings v Figure 1 is afront View of a portion of a refrigerator showing my device located therein. V

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the chilling chamber of a refrigerator with my device in position.

Fig. 3 is a horlzontal cross sectional view.

taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a front view of a modified form of refrigerator.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the con- 1 tainer used in my modified form and Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the supporting leg made use of in my modified form. a

In carrying out my invention, I provide a refrigerator 8 which is of the ordinary construction, having a chilling chamber ,9 in which is located my improved ice receptacle 10. This receptacle comprises a front door 11, and a back 12. The door 11 is provided at its bottom with a pair of rollers 13, which run along the floor. Each side of the door 11 is provided with a latch 14. This latch is of the ordinary construction, such as used on ice boxes, and is not shown in detail as its structure is well known to the art.

The front door 11 is also provided with a handle 15 for the purpose of drawingthe ice receptacle 10 from the refrigerator. The back 12 is provided with a pair of rollers 16 which ridefon tracks 17 located-in the bottom of the chilling chamber. The door 11 and the back 12 are connected together by supporting strips 18 and 19 and secured to the strips 18'is the icecontainer 20, which I is provided at its bottom with a short pipe 21 toallow thev water resulting from the meltlng ice to drip out. I Beneath the contamer 20 and secured to the strips 19, I place an auxiliary drip pan, 22, which catchesthe drippingsfrom the container 20.

This drip pan 22 is provided with a pipe 23, whlch extends through the back 12. In

the bottom of the refrigerator Imount a' drip pan24 which catches the drippings from theauxiliary pan 22 and from thence it is conducted through apipe' 25 which leads toa suitable gwaste receptacle.

Around bothsides and the top of the back 12, Iplacea flange 26, which contacts with a depending flange 27 formed near the front end of the box, so that when the ice receptacle IS'CIHLWII forward for charging, the

flanges 26 and 27 contact closing the interior of the ice box fromthe outer atmosphere and preventing the escape of cold air from the refrigerator. Y

The drip pipe 23 leading from the auxil+ iary drip pan 22 is so arranged that when the container 10 is drawn forward the drainage accumulating in the pan 22 will be directed into the pan 24 and at no time will any of the drippings come outside of this pan and fall on the floor. V

In the modified form I provide an ice container 30, which is provided on two of its sides with'a T-iron 31; This T-iron fits against or on top of a similar T-iron 32. which is secured to each side of the chilling chamber. On the front of the container 30 is placed a handle 33, the purpose-of which is for drawing the container from the chilling chamber for charging it with ice. At each corner of the receptacle 30 I place angle irons 34, which support near their "ends of these bars being connected together with a U-shaped bar 38. The bars 37 and the bar 38 forming .a leg when the receptacle 30 is withdrawn from the refrigerator and by the peculiar construction of this support ing leg, the front end of the receptacle is kept from tilting, because if the receptacle is drawn too far out the weight of the receptacle will cause these legs to straighten out and force the receptacle backward and bring the receptacle to its normal. position. Furthermore, if the receptacle is not drawn out far enough, the weight of the receptacle resting on these legs will have a tendency to pull it out. It is understood, of course, that when I. use my modified fr wn), the opening 36 in the auxiliary drip pan is closed with a stopper so, as to prevent any drip water from coming on the floor.

\Vhat I claim is:

.1. A refrigerator comprising a storage chamber, a chilling chamber adjacent thereto, an ice container slidably mounted with- I in the chillingchamber, rollers for supporting the ice container, means for withdrawing the ice container from the chilling chamber,

and means carried by the ice container for closing the chilling chamber when the ice container has been withdrawn.

2. A refrigerator comprising a storage chamber, a chilling chamber, an ice container situated within. the chilling chamber, r0ll-' ers for supporting the ice container for permittin'g its withdrawal from and insertion in the chilling chamber, and means carried by the front and back of the ice container for closing the chilling chamber when the container is withdrawn or inserted.

3. A refrigerator comprising a storage chamber, a chilling chamber, a sl'idable ice container located within the chilling cham- .ber, means for holding the ice container] chamber, a cliillingchamber, an ice reccp tacle located in the chilling chamber, said 7 ice receptacle comprising a front and a back, each composed of a solid sheet of material, a set of upper and lower strips connecting front and back parts of the ice receptacle, an ice container mounted between the upper pair of strips, an auxiliary drip pan located between the lower pair of strips and beneath the ice container, rollers mounted on the front and back of the ice receptacle and tracks for the rollers which are mounted on the back of the ice receptacle. 7 '5. A refrigerator comprising a dlsplay chamber, a chilling chamber, aslidable ice receptacle located within the chilling chamher, an ice container mounted 1n the ice receptacle, an auxiliary drip pan located beneath the ice receptacle, a main drip pan located in the bottom* of the chilling chamber, a pair of rollers mounted at the rearof the ice receptacle, a pair of tracks mounted in the main drip pan on which the rollers rice and a second pair of rollers mounted in front of the ice receptacle and-adapted to ride upon a support for the refrigerator.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in'the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES a. KETTERER.

Witnesses I WALTER C. STEIN, JEAN GOLDBERG. 

